This project examines the relationship between Native Americans and American settlers since 1877. It will discuss the opinions and attitudes Americans had towards Native Americans, American methods to assimilate them… Read more »
William Love talks about the Brothertown Indians who were descendants of the Mohican and Pequot tribes and how they were forced out of their territories as white settlers pushed west…. Read more »
The audience Arthur had intended to read this letter was congress in hope of having them pass his idea. His idea had three main arguments for accomplishing the integration of… Read more »
The Dawes Act of 1887 was created to further assimilate Native Americans, claiming it would help them from extermination. Native Americans had been given reservations from the U.S but the… Read more »
In this source, Chief Joseph states the colonists were using violent force and killing the Indians, all of which began before the American Indian Policy of 1881 was proposed. Chief… Read more »
This primary source discusses the annual report of the Forest Grove School. The source includes in detail, the progress Native American boys and girls are making at their American Indian… Read more »
This source informs the reader that there was a decrease from 91 American Indian Schools in the US to 88. In response to this decrease, the number of school days… Read more »
This source discusses the health conditions for the Native American students during their time spent at the Carlisle Indian School in 1886. The source claims the year was relatively good… Read more »
This source shows William Powell’s records of Indian traditions as well as key events in early Wisconsin history. Within this source, Powell also talks of the Fox Wars, the War… Read more »
This article in the Milwaukee Sentinel describes the author’s visit to the Menominee Indian Village. The author’s opinion that the Native American children have a low intellectual capacity is apparent… Read more »
Spoon Decorah a Ho-Chunk leader is interviewed in this source by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Decorah talks about events in his life such as his tribe mining lead near Wisconsin, the… Read more »
Chrysostom Verwyst wrote this book about the Ojibwe names and language. He was a Catholic missionary but lived among the Ojibwe people for many years. The definitions of certain terms… Read more »
In this source Reuben Gold Thwaites interviewed Walking Cloud a Ho-Chunk leader about the Black Hawk War. The war was caused because Black Hawk who was a Sauk leader was… Read more »
The Indian Reorganization Act was created in response to the Great Depression. President Roosevelt wanted to help all Americans get out of the depression and the Indian Reorganization Act was… Read more »
During the Reconstruction Era the new state constitution placed voting barriers against African Americans. Things like a literacy test and annual poll tax were added. These made it a lot… Read more »
Westward expansion for a long time had created conflict with the Native Americans and settlers. The settlers tried to resolve this by taking the Native Americans off reservations. After displacing… Read more »
Primary Sources Love, William. “Samson Occom: the founding of Brothertown by Christian Indians.” Utica Morning Herald. Utica: Utica Morning Herald, 1894, pp. 1. From Oneida Historical Society, https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1583 (Accessed December… Read more »